Thinking as a Hobby

If it were up to me to rearrange the statuettes on William Golding’s file

cabinet, my take on things would be a little different. The Venus de Milo

statuette would remain in Golding’s final position: first and foremost,

representing the beauty in the world that should be recognized but not

allowed to take over everything else. I would subsequently place the leopard

at the far end, representing the animalistic need to want to pounce and

destroy the things around us in order to obtain what we desire that we should

be aware of but not be controlled by. Finally, I would place The Thinker of

Rodin front and center. Shrouded by beauty and desire, yet a separate entity

amongst them and all the while contemplating what really matters and what

life is really about.